TOUGHS: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03900014B67232
English Summary/英文概要： Set during the Great Depression and based in part on real characters and a series of historical events, Toughs follows the story of Loretto Jones as he finds his life intertwined with the fate of Vince Coll, a 23-year-old Irish gangster who for a brief moment rose to the level of a national celebrity during his war with Dutch Schultz, Owen Madden, and Lucky Luciano. Tagged “Mad Dog Coll” after killing five-year-old Michael Vengelli in a botched assassination attempt, Coll was the subject of a shoot-to-kill order issued by New York City Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney, a $50,000 bounty offered by Dutch Shultz and Owen Madden, and $30,000 in reward money from by the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and the city’s newspapers. Loretto and Vince are bound to each other by years spent in an orphanage and on the streets, but in the summer of 1931, with Loretto in love with newly-divorced Gina Baronti, and Vince in thrall to the beautiful Lottie Kriesberger, their world of tough guys in tough times is hurtling toward disaster, and Loretto finds himself faced with impossible choices.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 以大萧条时期为背景，基于部分真实人物和一系列历史事件，《恶棍》讲述了拉瑞•琼斯的故事，他发现自己的生活和文斯•科尔的命运交织在一起，一个23岁的爱尔兰黑帮，在他与荷兰舒尔茨，欧文马登和卢西亚诺的战争期间一瞬间上升到了国家的名人的等级。在暗杀未遂杀死5岁的迈克尔后，科尔被贴上“疯狗科尔”的标签，纽约市警察局长爱德华对他发出了格杀勿论的命令，荷兰舒尔茨和欧文•马登提供5万美元悬赏金，巡特警警务会馆和城市报纸悬赏3万美金。洛雷托和文斯在孤儿院和街道的多年生活中彼此牵扯，但在1931年夏天，随着洛雷托爱上了刚离婚的吉娜，文斯被美丽的洛蒂束缚，他们的硬汉世界在艰难时期疾速飞向灾难，洛雷托发现自己面临着无法做出的选择。（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：“几乎立刻让我想起了丹尼斯•勒翰：真正的大气和坚韧，真实生动的人物. . .丹尼斯•勒翰，詹姆斯•李•伯克和《黑道家族》的粉丝一定会喜欢这本书。在漫长而炎热的夏季结束时完美上架销售。”——杰佛理•詹宁斯，《雨天图书》
“纽约黑帮禁地的喧闹描述。法尔科知道忠诚，贪婪，权力和爱情失败的来龙去脉。他以能力和气魄写就。这是一本拿起就很难放下的书。”——艾莉森
“Reminded me almost immediately of Dennis Lehane: really atmospheric and gritty, authentic sounding characters. . . fans of Dennis Lehane, James Lee Burke, and the Sopranos will love this. Perfect to hit the shelves at the end of a long hot summer.” --Geoffrey Jennings, Rainy Day Books
“A rip-roaring portrayal of Prohibition-era gangsters in New York. Falco knows the ins and outs of loyalty, greed, power, and failed love. He writes with power and verve. This is a novel that’s very hard to put down.” –Alyson Hagy
About the Author/作者介绍： 埃德•法尔科是最近的纽约时报畅销小说《柯里昂家族》的作者，是马里奥•普佐的《教父》的前传和后续。
法尔科已经获得了无数的奖项，奖品和奖学金，是四部长篇小说，四部短篇小说集，以及众多的戏剧，诗歌，散文，和重要评论的作者，包括小说《圣约翰的五个区》（2009年），《沃尔夫•波因特》（2006年），以及故事集《食人鱼教会的安息日晚上：新的和选编故事》（2006年）。他的故事已经被广泛刊登在杂志上，包括大西洋月刊，花花公子，密苏里回顾与三季报，并且被收集在美国最佳短篇小说，手推车奖和几个选集中，包括《蓝色大教堂：短篇小说的新纪元》。
法尔科是数字书写领域的早期创新者，他的在线作品包括《孩子 /父亲的自画像》（艾奥瓦评论网站），《大约1967-1968年》（东门阅览室），《魅力科里利》（东门阅览室） ，《化学风景数字故事》（与摄影师玛丽•平托合写，电子文献收藏第一卷）。
Ed Falco most recently is the author of the NYTimes best-selling novel, The Family Corleone, a prequel to Mario Puzo’s The Godfather and subsequent saga.
Falco has received innumerable awards, prizes and fellowships, and is the author of four previous novels, four story collections, and numerous plays, poems, essays, and critical reviews, including the novels St John of the Five Boroughs (Unbridled 2009), Wolf Point (Unbridled 2006), and the story collection Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha: New and Selected Stories (Unbridled 2006). His stories have been published widely in journals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, The Missouri Review and TriQuarterly, and collected in The Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and several anthologies, including, Blue Cathedral: Short Fiction for the New Millennium.
An early innovator in the field of digital writing, Falco’s online work includes Self-Portrait as Child w/Father (Iowa Review Web), Circa 1967-1968 (Eastgate Reading Room), "Charmin’ Cleary" (Eastgate Reading Room), and "Chemical Landscapes Digital Tales (with photographer Mary Pinto, in Volume I of The Electronic Literature Collection).
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